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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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